Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 28: Teachers Joint Action Committee (TJAC), an amalgam of different organizations of Teachers, including JKTF, J&K ReT Teachers Forum, SSA Teachers Forum, Tehreek -ReT Forum, today held peaceful protests at all the zonal headquarters of the State to press the Government to immediately implement 7th Pay Commission to SSA/RMSA Teachers/Masters and de-link their salaries from source of funding (MHRD) to State Sector.
The protests in Kashmir province were held under the supervision of TJAC chairman Abdul Qayoom Wani and chairman ReT Forum Gazi Aziz where as protests in Jammu Province were held under the supervision of State president JKRTTF Vinod Sharma, Sr vice chairman Najam Jafri, vice president Gulzabir Daing, State chief coordinator Sukhdev Singh Sumbria, provincial president Rajesh Jamwal and TJAC leader Ganesh Khajuria.
The protests in the different Zones of Doda , Udhampur, Jammu, Rajouri , Poonch , Reasi, Kathua , Samba , Kishtwar and Ramban were led by District presidents and State leaders, including Sajad Malik, Lekh Raj Parihar, Subash Chander , Naresh Sharma, Manzoor Khan , Sukesh Khajuria, Sham Sharma , Balwan Singh, Shahnwaz Hussain, Rakesh Singh , Pankaj Verma, Raj Kumar Dubey , Dinesh Singh, Tahir Masood and Hari Lal Nag .
Highlighting their demands, they also submitted memorandums to the Governor through ZEOs at respective zones.
The senior leaders of TJAC warned that if the Government fails to immediately implement 7th Pay Commission and de-link SSA salary from MHRD to State sector, they would intensify stir and for any loss of studies of the students the responsibility will lie with the Government.
They also appealed the Governor and Advisors to personally intervene in this regard so that thousands of teachers and their families may not suffer any more.